явалай

Eastern Mari

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jɑβɑˈlɑj/
• Rhymes: -ɑj
• Hyphenation: я‧ва‧лай

Noun

явалай • (javalaj) (botany)

1. smooth brome, Hungarian brome (Bromus inermis)

   Synonym: явалайшудо (javalajšudo)

2. couch grass, twitch, quick grass (Elymus repens)

   Synonym: явалайшудо (javalajšudo)

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Derived terms

nouns

• явалайшудо (javalajšudo)

 

References

• J. Bradley et al. (2023) “явалай”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna